English

Verb

destinate ‎(third-person singular simple present destinates, present participle destinating, simple past and past participle destinated)

1. To destine, to choose.
2. (possibly nonstandard) To set a destination for (something), to send (something) to a particular destination.
   • 1997 September 11, "Tom Watson", Hoe does FX work?, in comp.dcom.telecom.tech, Usenet:

     Now days, it can probably be done with a programming setup in the originating/destinating switches, and not involve a full time channel.

3. (possibly nonstandard) To be scheduled to arrive at, as a destination.
   • 2009, Statistical Abstract of the United States

     Prices for a mail piece weighing up to a half-pound range from $12.60 if it destinates in zones 1 and 2 to $19.50 if it destinates in zone 8.

Synonyms

• (choose; set destination): destine

Antonyms

• (set destination): originate

Adjective

destinate ‎(comparative more destinate, superlative most destinate)

1. destined
   • Foxe

     Destinate to ****.

2. determined

Related terms

• destination
• destine
• destiny

Italian

Verb

destinate f

1. plural of destinato

Adjective

destinate f

1. plural of destinato

Anagrams

• sdentiate
• stendiate

Latin

Verb

dēstināte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of dēstinō

Participle

dēstināte

1. vocative masculine singular of dēstinātus

References

• destinate in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “destinate”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.